Apache Fory, Apache Fory: Python RCE via unguarded pickle fallback serializer in pyfory
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
Deserialization of untrusted data in python in pyfory versions 0.12.0 through 0.12.2, or the legacy pyfury versions from 0.1.0 through 0.10.3: allows arbitrary code execution. An application is vulnerable if it reads pyfory serialized data from untrusted sources. An attacker can craft a data stream that selects pickle-fallback serializer during deserialization, leading to the execution of `pickle.loads`, which is vulnerable to remote code execution. Users are recommended to upgrade to pyfory version 0.12.3 or later, which has removed pickle fallback serializer and thus fixes this issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Apache Fory | 0.12.0 – 0.12.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Apache | Apache Fory | 0.1.0 – 0.10.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | pyfory (PyPI) | 0.12.0 to before 0.12.3 | 0.12.3 | Patch available | GHSA-538v-3wq9-4h3r |
| — | pyfury (PyPI) | 0.1.0 – 0.10.3 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-538v-3wq9-4h3r |
- Apache Fory VendorApache Affected 0.12.0 – 0.12.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Apache Fory VendorApache Affected 0.1.0 – 0.10.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- pyfory (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 0.12.0 to before 0.12.3 Fixed in 0.12.3 Patch available GHSA-538v-3wq9-4h3r
- pyfury (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 0.1.0 – 0.10.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-538v-3wq9-4h3r
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-538v-3wq9-4h3r pyfory (PyPI) Fixed in 0.12.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-61622
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-538v-3wq9-4h3r
References
Advisory 3
More Apache Fory vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-50130 Apache Fory: Heap type confusion in C++ polymorphic smart-pointer deserialization CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-46171 Apache Fory: Heap type confusion and out-of-bounds read/write in C++ compatible-mode field-skip paths CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-46169 Apache Fory, Apache Fory: Class-registration bypass through an auto-admitted SerializedLambda capturing interface CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-35617 Apache Fory: PyFory ReduceSerializer Incomplete Policy Enforcement CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-50132 Apache Fory: Out-of-bounds heap read in C++ struct deserializer tagged-int fast-path CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-36874 Apache Fory: Java ReplaceResolverSerializer deserialization checks bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-61622 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-61622 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-538v-3wq9-4h3r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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